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stay with us. ♪ [music break] >> this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we are broadcasting from missouri public television in st. louis and in new york city, where the link between climate change and the devastation brought by superstorm sandy across much of the northeast has been brought into focus. when nyc mayor michael bloomberg endorsed president obama citing his support for the environment. just days before the election, bloomberg announced his decision in an op-ed entitled, "a vote for president, a vote for a president to lead on climate change the." riding -change." he compared the records of obama and mitt romney but he wrote -- bloomberg's endorsement is particularly striking because much of the news media has barely mentioned climate change, even in the lead up or aftermath of the superstorm. there were also no questions addressed to the presidential candidates on climate change in the course of the three presidential debates. also, mayor bloomberg was a republican who turned indep
stay with us. ♪ [music break] >> this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we are broadcasting from missouri public television in st. louis and in new york city, where the link between climate change and the devastation brought by superstorm sandy across much of the northeast has been brought into focus. when nyc mayor michael bloomberg endorsed president obama citing his support for the environment. just days before the election,...
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no person or person of any intelligence uses that word over the radio today." and that letter really hit woody like a slap in the face. he was mortified. he apologized profusely on the air the next day. he made a big point of dramatically tearing out the song sheet from his notebook and tearing it to shreds and promising he would never use that word again. and as he later said, "i apologize to the negro people for the frothings that i let slip out of the corners of my mouth." so this is the beginning of his conversion, i suppose, to eventually becoming one of the most ardent champions and activists for racial equality. amy goodman: you mentioned the lynching that occurred a year before he was born that his father will kaufman: yeah. amy goodman: may well have been involved with. will kaufman: yeah. amy goodman: talk about how it came back. will kaufman: well, there wasabout a year before woody's birth, there was a policeman in okemah named george loney, who went to the house of a fellow named nelson, going to arrest him. i think the charge was sheep stealing or
no person or person of any intelligence uses that word over the radio today." and that letter really hit woody like a slap in the face. he was mortified. he apologized profusely on the air the next day. he made a big point of dramatically tearing out the song sheet from his notebook and tearing it to shreds and promising he would never use that word again. and as he later said, "i apologize to the negro people for the frothings that i let slip out of the corners of my mouth." so...
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and help us. he needs to come out here instead of sending people out here. we are not mad at him, nothing he can do, but he could do more. >> we're getting some water. >> we need more help, with electricity. >> how would you describe this past week? >> sad. i really felt like i was in south africa. when it is pitch dark, walking down the dirt road, that is what it looks like. >> we are going to pull out of this. rockaway got devastated, but we are going to come out of this stronger and hopefully, a lot better. >> mike is with us here in the studio. the anchor is intense in rockaways right now. >> these people had been in line for hours casting and bottled water. they were asking, where is the red cross, where is the city? is pitchlever down there on fr. the very next day, the york mayor bloomberg made an unannounced visit to the rockaways. the press was not notified. one reporter happened to see the mayor there and got an interesting interaction between the mayor and some local residents. >> when
and help us. he needs to come out here instead of sending people out here. we are not mad at him, nothing he can do, but he could do more. >> we're getting some water. >> we need more help, with electricity. >> how would you describe this past week? >> sad. i really felt like i was in south africa. when it is pitch dark, walking down the dirt road, that is what it looks like. >> we are going to pull out of this. rockaway got devastated, but we are going to come out...
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stay with us. ♪ [music break] >> this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we are on the road in chicago. i will be in san francisco on saturday that noon. and sunday with noam chomsky. right now we're in chicago. as the most expensive presidential election in u.s. history as come to an end, we turn to an issue that impacts more and more people in this country, but was rarely mentioned during the campaign -- poverty. the price tag for combined spending by federal candidates -- along with their parties and outside groups like super pacs -- totaled more than $6 billion. this is especially striking at a time when one in six americans is poor, with over 16 million children living in poverty. poverty rates for blacks and latinos are twice as high as the rates for whites. there is greater poverty among women than men, and the rate of women living in extreme poverty has reached record highs. a study released by fair revealed poverty is an issue that has been nearly invisible in u.s. media coverage of th
stay with us. ♪ [music break] >> this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we are on the road in chicago. i will be in san francisco on saturday that noon. and sunday with noam chomsky. right now we're in chicago. as the most expensive presidential election in u.s. history as come to an end, we turn to an issue that impacts more and more people in this country, but was rarely mentioned during the campaign -- poverty. the price tag...
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for us in our community, it is easy for us to vote early on the weekends. >> we drive behind a church group to downtown dayton, the early voting station. we found a line of the nearly 1000 voters staking out a state building and out -- snaking out the state building and into the parking lot. republican secretary of state john kucinich cut black church they voting from -- john kasich cut black church voting from four to just one, and for fewer hours. just one polling place for all of dayton, all of montgomery county. do you think this is a good way to do it or they just have one polling place for early voting? >> it is probably not a good way, but that is the way it is now. we work t. >> it could be an hour or two in line. are you up to it? >> oh, yes. >> can i ask you you're going to vote for? >> no. [laughter] >> voters were herded into this auditorium after hours of a weight or the were treated to a slide show. on tuesday, the day where most whites vote, there will be 176 polling locations. finally, 10 by 10, groups were sent to get their ballots. wait, these were not ballots, these
for us in our community, it is easy for us to vote early on the weekends. >> we drive behind a church group to downtown dayton, the early voting station. we found a line of the nearly 1000 voters staking out a state building and out -- snaking out the state building and into the parking lot. republican secretary of state john kucinich cut black church they voting from -- john kasich cut black church voting from four to just one, and for fewer hours. just one polling place for all of...
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so people use these words. and during the war, world war ii, "we're off to see the wizard" was sung by troops marching, you know? but nobody knows that yip wrote the words, you see. now, harold wrote the music, and the songs were yip and harold. that's it. amy goodman: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. if you'd like a copy of today's show, you can go to our website at democracynow.org. back in a minute. [break] [break] >> this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. amy goodman: we continue on our tour through the life of lyricist yip harburg with his son ernie harburg. ernie harburg: we're walking through the gallery here at the lincoln center for the performing arts, which has "the necessity of rainbows," dedicated to the works of yip harburg, the lyricist. and we're now looking at the various exhibitions. and while we're looking for finian's rainbow, i want to tell you that in 1944, yip conceived and co-wrote the script and put on a sh
so people use these words. and during the war, world war ii, "we're off to see the wizard" was sung by troops marching, you know? but nobody knows that yip wrote the words, you see. now, harold wrote the music, and the songs were yip and harold. that's it. amy goodman: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. if you'd like a copy of today's show, you can go to our website at democracynow.org. back in a minute. [break] [break] >> this is democracy now!,...
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pluto will take care of us. we'll be safe, baby. i have had offers, several offers from the studios wanting me to do things that are very hollywood, and really slick. and it somehow escapes me as to why they've come to me. i don't know what they saw in the movie that would make them think that i can do those films, or that i would want to do those kinds of films. (slow percussion music playing) (julie dash) "daughters of the dust" is based upon african deities, so the structure unravels and the story reveals itself in a very west african way. in the way an african rio would recount and recall and retell his family's history. i was trying to shoot in tableaux that people would remember to redefine african-americans, specifically african women, in historical drama. (african woman) when i was a child, mother cut this from her hair before she was sold away from me. now i add on my own hair, there must be a bond, a connection. i wrote "daughters of the dust" while i was a student at afi. and they marked a big "no" across it. and years la
pluto will take care of us. we'll be safe, baby. i have had offers, several offers from the studios wanting me to do things that are very hollywood, and really slick. and it somehow escapes me as to why they've come to me. i don't know what they saw in the movie that would make them think that i can do those films, or that i would want to do those kinds of films. (slow percussion music playing) (julie dash) "daughters of the dust" is based upon african deities, so the structure...